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Chinese symbol for “unseemly”

不伦
bù lún
Traditional: 不倫
(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc); unseemly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unseemly is 不伦 (bù lún), defined as: (of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc); unseemly.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
伦 lún
human relationships; society
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不伦.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
伦理 (倫理)lún lǐethics
乱伦 (亂倫)luàn lúnto violate moral principles; depravity; (esp.) to commit incest; incest
无与伦比 (無與倫比)wú yǔ lún bǐincomparable

See also: Japanese symbol for “unseemly”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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